Catching Forever (BlackPath MC Book 2)

by Vera Quinn

  I see Fe and Sarah waiting on me. Hanna must not be here yet. Dad is dropping me off for the first day of school, he says to scare the boys away. He says I’m too pretty for my own good. If he only knew all the boys who have already asked me out. I’m not interested, so it doesn’t matter.

  “Ride home with Ty and no lingering in the parking lot.” I have heard it all. It started two weeks ago. You are still too young to date. I can thank Brad for this. He had the nerve to ask my dad if I could date after I already told him no. Ty’s friend is not too smart. Now he’s not even allowed in our house. I have to give it to Brad though, he had nerve. Now I get the fall out.

  “Yes, sir. I already told you dad, I am not interested in dating. Brad is just crazy.” I guess dad gets it, because he looks at me funny.

  “One day you will Baby Girl. One day. I just want to wrap you up and protect you.” Dad is not doing well with me being a teenager.

  “Love you, dad. Have a good day.” I kiss dad’s cheek before he puts his helmet back on.

  “I know when I have been dismissed. Later. Stay safe. Love you.” Dad puts his helmet on and leaves me standing there. I move toward my friends.

  “Callie, wait up.” Mason is yelling behind me.

  Heaven help me. “What do you want Mason?” I am losing my patience with boys.

  “I thought I might walk you to class. You know, the way friends do.” What is up with him?

  “Why? We don’t have the same classes.” Lame excuse. Surely he can do better.

  “Maybe I want to hold your hand.” Not happening buddy. Try again.

  “No. See you later Mason.” I take off towards Felix who has a big grin on his face and then I hear the laughter behind me and something about being shot down again.

  “Callie.” Will he never stop? I turn and look at Mason.

  “See you at lunch. Save me a place.” Why would a senior want to sit with us?

  “Whatever.” I give up.

  Chapter 8

  Mase

  I’m looking for Callie when I enter the lunchroom and I spot her and her friends. Callie is beating Brent in the head with her empty lunch tray and then she punches him in the kidney. Ouch, that’s got to hurt. I push people out of my way and Jeb is right behind me. By the time I get there she has Brent on the floor wailing away on him. Mr. Griggs, our bio teacher, is trying to pull her off, but that girl is pissed. I go over and pick her up and hold her in a bear hug. I am over six-foot-tall and probably out-weigh her by eighty pounds and still it is not easy to do. She is a little hell cat.

  “What is wrong Callie? What did he do? Damn girl, calm down.” She seems to come to her senses and I think she is calmed down. Mr. Griggs has Brent. I let her go and it was the wrong thing to do. She dives for Brent and takes Mr. Griggs with her. Jeb steps up, Ty runs in and we get Callie calmed down. That’s when I see Felix and he has a busted lip and looks like he is going to run. When Callie looks over to Felix she goes to him and puts her arm around him.

  “Callie, Felix, and Brent, office now.” He looks to Ty. “Ty call your dad.” This isn’t good. Hanna and Sarah come up behind us. I look at them. They have tears in their eyes.

  “What happened to make Callie flip?” Ty asks Sarah.

  “Brent was making fun of Felix and he tripped him and made him drop his tray. When he fell he hit the side of his face and busted his lip. When Callie heard what Brent said and saw Fe she went crazy.” She does have a temper.

  It’s not long before we hear the bikes coming. Mr. Black did not come alone. There’s like six of them. All of them looked pissed off. Ty makes his way out to them and they all go into the office.

  “What did Brent say?” I’m asking Sarah, but Hanna answers.

  “You’ll have to ask them. Not our business.” With that she takes Sarah’s hand and they leave.

  “That girl is a hell cat. Wonder what got her back up? That’s not like her. She never gets in trouble.” Jeb is right. I guess we will find out later. So we head to class before the bell rings.

  We never see Callie or Felix that day. In fact Callie is suspended for three days for fighting. Brent was suspended for a week. The story never gets out what it was over. Just Callie was taking up for her friend. Mr. Black was not happy with her suspension. Everyone heard when the bikes left. I saw Ty later and all he would say is Brent deserved it and worse. That day everyone learned it didn’t matter how quiet Callie was, to not piss her off. After that I was determined to get Callie’s attention. Now I had a plan. The next afternoon I would talk to Mr. Black.

  Next afternoon…..

  I am nervous as hell. I don’t talk to a lot of dads. Our group mostly just hang out together, not much meeting parents and crap. Especially not badass bikers like Mr. Black. This could go so wrong.

  When I drive up in the driveway, I see both Ty and Mr. Black’s bikes. I see the doors to the shop are open and I go there first. I see Ty and Callie bent over her car, working on the engine. When they hear me they both stop and look.

  “Didn’t know you were coming over Mason. Did I miss your call?” Ty is confused, but Callie is ignoring me again.

  “No Ty, you didn’t miss my call. I came to see your dad and talk to him.” This got both of their attention. “Is he around? I need to speak to him.” About that time Mr. Black slides out from under the car on a creeper. How did I miss his legs sticking out from under that car?

  “You have business with me son? I don’t know of a thing we have to talk about.” He is looking at me skeptically.

  “Sir, I would like to talk to you about dating Callie? Man to man.” His facial expression does not look good to me, but he gets up and wipes his hand on a grease rag.

  “Mason Brumley, what are you doing? You did not ask me to date you and I don’t date, or have any intentions of dating, so go home.” Callie is not happy.

  Mr. Black raises his hand in a way Callie knows to be quiet. “First off son, we can’t talk man to man, because if a man came wanting to date my daughter, who is only fourteen, he would leave in a body bag. I will give you a chance to say your piece but in the house. I need a beer for this.” That went better than I thought. I’ll take it. I hear Callie and Ty both grumbling.

  We walk to the house with Ty and Callie behind us. We walk in the back door to the kitchen. He points to a chair at the table. He goes to the fridge and gets himself a beer and me a pop. He starts to close the door but reaches back in and gets another beer and another pop out. He levels his eyes to Ty and points to the chair and looks at Callie. “Go get a shower Baby Girl. I’ll order pizza when this is over.” Callie doesn’t back talk, she just does it.

  “Ok Mason, talk. Tell me why you think you deserve to spend time with my daughter and you better make it good the first time, because this will be the only time we have this discussion.” I am more nervous than I thought. My leg is twitching all on its own and I can barely sit still, but this is important, so I have to.

  “Mr. Black.” He raises his hand for me to stop and I do.

  “First off, if you want to date my daughter, call me Chief. That’s my road name in my club and it’s the only name that matters now. Do you want to know how I earned that name? Everyone does. I take care of everyone that needs taking care of. I don’t wait for someone else. I take control and handle shit. I bust heads and knees and more if need be. It would be good if you keep that in mind when dealing with my girl because I will deal with your ass if need be. My uncle gave me that name and I live up to it. My dad isn’t even Mr. Black. That would be my grandfather. I’m BlackPath MC through and through and it would be best you remember that. So is Ty and so is Callie. You fuck with one of us, then you fuck with us all.” Ok. Damn what was I thinking? How did I get here?

  “Chief, I know Callie is only fourteen sir, but I would treat her with nothing but respect. I will follow any rules you decide. You set them and we will follow. I like your daughter a lot and she doesn’t give me the time of day most days. She’s just different than o
ther girls. She’s sweet, smart, and loyal, but she’s also fiery, hot tempered and she likes to fish and camp. I promise to protect her with everything I am.” I think for a second. I think I have covered all my bases. “Ok Chief, I’m done.”

  Chief looks me up and down. “How old are you?”

  “I’m sixteen, but I’ll be seventeen in two months.” He is considering it.

  “You had any pussy yet boy?” Holy crap. Who talks like that? I can’t lie to him.

  “I’ve had sex.” My palms are sweating and my throat is itchy. I barely got that out.

  “You won’t be getting any from my daughter. If you try I will cut your cock off and stick it up your ass. Are we clear on that?” Chief is making me really nervous now. I have sweat running down my back and my arm pits are soaked.

  “No sir. I respect her and wouldn’t try. Besides that, she would kick my butt.” I try to relieve some of the tension in the room.

  Chief shakes his head. “That she would, but then so would a lot of others, including me. What kind of dating because until my daughter turns fifteen, she will not be dating alone. You can group date. What do they call it?”

  “You mean double date? That sounds good. We can go in groups and then double date.” It’s better than nothing.

  “The dates will be either with Ty present or Felix. Felix is as much her brother as Ty, so don’t disrespect him or Callie may kick your ass.” This is better than I thought, but then a thought crosses my mind.

  “Chief, if you don’t mind me asking, why did decide to let me date her? I mean, I’m not the first to ask. What changed your mind?” Chief looked to Ty and signaled for Ty to leave.

  “Ok I get it, but Mason if you hurt Callie I will personally kick your ass. She’s my baby sister and no one hurts her, so if you have things you need to do before the two of you date, then you better get them done.” I know what he’s saying, but I’m ready. I know it will be worth it. As soon as Ty is gone Chief comes closer to me so no one can hear.

  “Mason, I see the way you look at my daughter. I see the way a lot of boys look at my daughter. She doesn’t seem interested. In fact, she has told me as much. Most teen girls her age are already boy crazy by now. Trust me, I wish she’d stay my little girl the rest of her life. But she can’t and be happy. I don’t think she’s missing out right now because she is too young, but soon she will be. For some reason I trust you, a little. About as much as I’m going to trust any boy with my daughter. I know your dad. You come from good people. You nor Callie have moms. That’s common ground. Maybe you two can help each other with that. But most of all, I see the fear in your eyes of me and a little fear is good. Especially when it comes to dating my daughter. I’ll tell you, I don’t know if she’s going to be convinced so easily, but if you can convince her, I’ll ok it with stipulations.

  You follow these rules until she is fifteen, and we will relax some rules and so forth, each year. Who knows, you two might not even like each other. These are the rules. Are you listening? Because I am not telling my daughter these rules. You can, but these are your rules. You are responsible because you are older.

  Rule one, no one on one dating. Only in groups or a double date with Ty or Felix. Rule two, you can come to our house during the week, but be gone by eight. On the weekend until twelve. Supervised always. If no one else is here then neither are you. Stay out of her bedroom or I will shoot you. Rule three, I catch you cheating on my daughter and it won’t happen again. If you don’t want to date her, just tell her. Rule four, she can ride to and from school with you. Respect my daughter. She doesn’t believe in forever and relationships. She’s too young to be so jaded. Her mom did that to her. That’s it.”

  Chief gave me a lot to think about, but I can live with it. I stand up and put my hand out to shake his hand. He takes my hand and gives it a tight squeeze. I return my best handshake.

  We hear a noise and both look up and there stands Callie in her cut offs and tank top. She is looking at us and waiting for one of us to say something. “I’m going in my office to order pizza. Mason you are welcome to stay, unless Callie kicks your ass out.” With that Chief is gone and I am here staring at Callie.

  Chapter 9

  Callie

  I can see my dad and Mason have been in deep conversation. Dad said he could stay and eat with us. That’s different. Dad usually throws the boys out before they have a chance to sit down. Guess dad likes Mason.

  “Callie can we go outside on the porch and sit in the swing to talk while we wait on the pizza?” Why not? What could it hurt?

  We walk into the living room and out the front door and make our way to the swing. I sit over in the corner and thought Mason would do the same, but no he sits right next to me and then takes my hand in his.

  “Callie do you believe in true love? You know the all- consuming kind.” I can’t believe he asked such a thing.

  “Well Mason, not that we know each other well enough to ask such a question, but no. I don’t believe in love at all, or forever. I learned when I was young people only hurt each other. Family is all you can count on. I’m not dating you.” These are my true feelings, so why lie? I hate liars.

  “So you trust family? Don’t your dad’s club members consider each other family even though most are not related?” Don’t know where he’s going with this, but we don’t discuss club business.

  “We don’t discuss club business with outsiders.” He’s smirking.

  “Ok. This is just general. I won’t ask specifics. So just in general do you?” That can’t hurt.

  “Yes Mason, we are family and love each other.” This is true.

  “Ok. Can’t you consider me family and trust me? Just enough to let us spend time together. Get to know each other. Date in groups and double with Ty or Felix. Can you trust me that much?” I start to say something but he reaches over and kisses my lips softly. It feels so sweet. I am dumbfounded. I liked it. I touch my lips with my fingers. They still feel warm. I want to try it again, so I kiss him. It’s just as sweet and soft.

  “Why did you kiss me?” Why would he kiss me? I’m not like the girls he dates. I have no experience with boys. That was my first kiss.

  “Was that your first kiss? Please tell me it was. I want all your first. First kiss, first date, and later your first make out session. Much later.” He looks sincere, but who knows.

  “That was my first kiss and it happened on my front porch. You’re the first boy my dad has let me be alone with. Why did you kiss me?” He has to tell me. Surely he has a girlfriend. Tamera comes to mind.

  “I want you to give me the chance to be your boyfriend. You’re different and take my breath away. Please, Callie, give me a chance. I won’t hurt you. I’ll be true to you. Your dad has threatened me with a bullet and Ty said he would kick my ass. Please Callie?” He seems sincere, but I don’t know. Why couldn’t dad just say no like usual?

  “What about Tamera? Isn’t she your girlfriend?” He looks surprised.

  “I’ll be honest with you, and this is not going to sound nice, but we used to hook up and that is all. I’m not a virgin Callie. Haven’t been for a while now, but I will respect you. Sex isn’t even on the table and I want you to know that right now. I just want you to be mine. Will you be my girlfriend?” A little too much honesty and too much information.

  “Does she know she is not your girlfriend? Because I know she tells everyone she is. I really don’t want to know details. Nasty.” Wait, what if she’s pregnant. “Could she be pregnant?”

  “No, she couldn’t be pregnant. I always use protection. I would never put anyone at risk like that. She does know she’s not my girlfriend. I don’t string girls along. I was very up-front with her. Let me be your first boyfriend Callie, please.” That kiss did feel good, but me with a boyfriend? What do I say to him?

  “What did dad say? Is he ok with it?” Maybe I’ll still have an out.

  “He agreed, with rules, and I agreed to every one. I’d agree to practically
anything. Just try it out.” Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to have someone to go to the movies with. He is mighty fine.

  “Mason, I will be your girlfriend, but the first time I catch you in a lie it will be the last. I’m telling you now that I need total honesty. I won’t settle for anything less.” Am I really doing this?

  “Damn girl, you had me sweating this. I’ve never had to convince someone to go out with me before. Kiss me one more time before the pizza gets here.” We kiss again and then we see the delivery guy with the pizza. Mason pays for it and we go inside to eat.

  Dad and Ty come into the kitchen with us to eat. I set the three pizzas in the middle of the table and get paper plates. Ty is the first one to speak.

  “So Mason Brumley, you are Callie’s first boyfriend.” Ty is shaking his head.

  “Leave him alone Ty.” Dad says

  “Only boyfriend.” Mason says

  “What did you say Mason?” Dad ask.

  “I was correcting Ty. Only boyfriend.” Mason says it like he is sure of it. “I will be her only boyfriend.”

  Ty nearly chokes and dad just gives a full belly laugh.

  “Whatever, Mason Brumley. Get over yourself.” He can dream on.

  The End for Now

  This is how Mason Brumley and Callie Black started out. Young, sweet, first love. In my next novella you will find out how Chief became President of the BlackPath MC. What happens to his dad Whiskey, and why Rye and Bourbon left the BlackPath MC. Until next time…..